MMA Training - Close the Distance »

Closing the distance in an MMA or street fight is a vital skill for a grappling martial artist. If you are dealing with a good striker in a mixed martial arts fight, and you need to bring them into your world, you need to train to close the distance. If you are a bouncer or fight yourself in a street fight scenario, training to closing the distance is necessary to keep from getting hit and quickly ending the fight. These concepts and training methods will teach you how to close the distance in MMA or any street fight scenario.

Training concepts and routines for closing the distance in a MMA Fight or Street Fight. These pages are from the fighters notebook, featured on MixedMartialArts.com © MixedMartialArts.com
Thoroughly practice the techniques for Closing the Distonce and Clinching, in a relaxed, easy fashion.	When you are completely comfortable with the basics, don boxing headgear and a mouthpiece a nd put 16o z, boxing gloves on a training partner,	Begin having your partner throw light punches at your hairline It is crucial that you bite down on your mouthpieceaos you close, A loose jaw can easily be injured.
Advanced closing drills require a training partner wearing Punch/Spar Mitts and a chest protector.	You try to close on your partner, he sprawls or throws punches at you.	You instantly back out
The knowledge of how to close is useless without training. With a great deal of training it is one the most important, effective aspects of your game, The page spread below shows some good training routines.
The headgear will protect you ond make it easier for your partner to catch you, thus forcing you to use perfect technioue.	Eventually you should be able to close on your partner when he is throwing his hardest strikes,	Finally you should be able to close on o wide variety of individuals
…throw punches of your own into his chest protector ond focus gloves,	Then you shoot again	He can also try to shoot on you, forcing you to work the defensive aspect of your game.